Envelope for disk records



ENVELOPE FOR DISK RECORDS Filed Oct. l2. 1921 Patented July 3l, i923. l

ENVELOPE lFOB DISK RECORDS.

l i' N tiene A Application filed October, 12, 1921.. Serial No..507,204.

To all whom t may concern j Be it known thatl'., WILLIAM WILBURGER, acitizen of the United States,fand resident of Brooklyn, iny the countyoflKings and State of lNew York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Envelopes for Disk Records', of which thefollowing' is afull, clear, and exact specification. v

.'f This invention relate-s to envelopes for phonograph records of thedisk type, and

lhas for its object to improve the. construction of such envelopes soythat records may be more conveniently insertedy into the same withoutdangerof tearing or bursting-the outer ends of the envelopes.

' Envelopes of this kind are `provided with central openings throughwhich ,the titles of the records may be read without removing them, andit is important that the rec ords be properly centered in theenvelopesso that their titles willbe in line `with said openings. F or thisreason, the envelopes heretofore madeI have been rrestricted in widthto,substantiallyl the diameter of the disk records they are intended tohold, and the widths of said envelopes have .heretov fore beensubstantially the same from their mouths at the top to their closedbottoms with the result lthat it has been somewhat difficult to 'insertthe-recordsin the envelopes without tearing or bursting their outerends.

It is the object` vof the present invention to provide an envelopehaving its mouth considerably wider. than the ldiameter ofthe record butits width across vthe middle restricted to correspond substantially tothe diameter of the record. The widened mouth makes it easy to insertthe'recor'd without injuring the envelope, while the yrestricted l ingdrawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then morespecifically de WILLIAM wrnunenn or BROOKLYN, itl-EW Yonir.

fined in the claims at the end of the description. i Y Y A In the'accompanying drawings, wherein simil-ar reference characters are used.to designate correspondingparts throughout the severalrviews: j Figurelis a front View ofa doublev envelope made substantially in accordancewith this invention. ,1 s.

Figure 2 isa section taken through the l middle `ofthe same-on thelinevv IIe-II of Figurelrp; f :f n'

Figure 3 is a plan view o f the blank from whichsaid double envelope i-sformed,the

initialfolds of saidblank being-indicated.

in dotted lines.

FgllIG aiisa similar view ofthe blank rl yfrom w hich asingle envelopeis made, and l Figure 5 is a section taken` through the middle of asingle envelopecorresponding to the section of the; double envelopeShown inFigureQ. i l. Referring first to Figuresl, 2 and 43, `inIelusive, a double envelope consisting of two portions or leavesl yandQfmaybeformed from the blank illustrated in Figure 3 which is 4generallyrectangular in shape but has projecting flaps Sat the ends of` its upperportions 4to be foldedoverfthe correspond# 'ring edges of .the lowerportions 5 when the latter are v,folded upward on the dottedflines 6.A'slit--Tis madebetween the lower por-y tions', and part' of theymaterial is'cutaway sothat when the 'two envelopes or leaves l and2 arefolded upon onev anotherjalon thedotted Alines 8 thev edges of said slitwill be spaced from said folds. This con,- structioninsures the flatvcompact folding of the'do'uble envelopes along their connected edges,there being no excess ortI fullness` of material; within said `foldsbecause of the z 'removal yof :portions vof materiall valong said slit7, as clearly illustrated in Figure.

f; yWhen the `double yenvelope is formed as shown .in Figure 41, .the `rinner edges thereof are preferably `creased or scoredvadjacent theyfold. Saitoy facilitate f the turning of the envelopes :as leaves whenassembled in .a suitable binder, .notv shown. Two such creases 80 andSlyare preferably formed vertically along the inner edgev of the doubleenvelope, the crease 8O nearestsaid foldl being designed tolie adjacentthe inner edge y,

ofthe binder, while the other crease 8l provides for the free hinging ofthe leaves or farmed therein for the purpose of displaying the titles ofrecords storedin the envelopes. To insure the proper positioning of therecords in the envelopes so that the titles will be centered in saidopenings l0, an eyelet l1 is placed through the inner edges of saidenvelopes between the creases S0 and 81, as yshown in Figures 1 and 2,said eyelet being arranged about midway between the upper and loweredges of the envelopes and spaced from the folds 8 the required distancefor hol-ding the record in correct posi-` tion with respect to saidopenings. The mouth 0f each envelope, which is preferably notched at 12,is not restricted in width by the eyelet 11 or any other mean-s, but eX-tends inward beyond the line of sai-d eyelet thereby giving' a flare tosaid mouth as indicated by the dotted lines 13 in Figur-e l. Thiswidening or flaring of the mouths .or entrances of thel envelopes makesit much easier to insert the records than is pos-sible in priorconstructions where the widthof .the envelope at the entrance is thesain-e as across the middle. At the same time the provision of theeyelet 11 insures the correct positioning;v of the records when fullyinserted into the double envelope, as shown the Acircular dotted line111v in Figure 1 which indicates the periphery of the records when inplace.

Referring now to Figures l and 5, the blanlr. from which a singleenvelope is made consists of upper and lower portions 1.5 and 16, `onehaving a projecting flap 17 at its outer end to fold over thecorresponding" edge of the other portion when said portions are foldedupon one another along` the dotted line 18. The inner .edge of thesingle envelope thus formed has creases 80 and 81 similar to those inthe double envelope. Similar eyelets 9 are placed between the inner edgeof the. single envelope and the first crease 8O for fitting' on theposts of a binder, and an eyelet `11 is valso placed about midwaybetween the upper and lower edges of said single envelope intermediatethe creases 8@ and 81 for the same purpose as .described in connectionwith the double envelope.

I claim: f

1. Vr`lhe combination with an envelope for disk records having anopeningA .to display the title-of a record arranged therein.,

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of means for restricting the width of the 55 envelope substantiallymidway between its mouth and bottom to correspond vsubstantially to thediameter of the record whereby the title thereof will be properlycentered in said opening, the mouth of said e5 envelope beingconsiderably wider than the diameter of the record for the purposespecified.

2. An envelope for disk records having plurality of eyelets alongr oneedge for en- @agement with the posts of a binder, an opening in its Sidefor displayingthe title of a record arranged therein, and means i'orrestricting the width of the envelope substantially midway between itsmouth and bottom to correspond substantially to the diameter oftherecord for properly centering the title thereof in said opening, themouth of the envelope being considerably wider than the diameter of therecord for the purpose specied.

3. An envelope yfor disk records having a plurality -of eyelets alongone edge for engagement with the posts .of a binder, an opening' in its'side for displaying; the title a5 of a record arranged th-erein, and.an eyelet arranged to restrict the width of the envelope `substantiallymidway between its mouth and bottom to correspond substantially to thediameter of the record for properly centering the title thereof in saidopening, the mouth ofy the .envelope 'being considerably wider than thediameter ofthe record for the purpose specified.

e. 'rl double envelope for dish records 95 formed from a' blank having`a main portion andsupplemental portions spaced apart at their adjacent.edges and'folded upon said main portion to form the twol pockets andthen folded to bring one poclret over 'he 100 other and saidsupplemental portions inside, the margins of said supplement-al portionsadjacent the fold between the pockets being spaced from said fold forthe purpose specilied.

5. A double 'envelope for disk records formed from a substantiallyrectangular blank having' lower portions separated by a slit and foldedupon upper portions to form the two pockets, said vpockets being; foldedupon one another with said lower portions inside and the inner marginsof said lower portions being cut away along sai-d slit to space themfrom the fold between the pockets for the Vpurpose specified. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification.

lWILLLelli/I llVlLBURGlll.

